Physical interpretation of microtubule self-organization in gravitational fields

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 340, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 175-180

  Tuszynski, Jack ^a   Sataric, Miljko V ^a   Portet, Stéphanie ^a   Dixon, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EFFECT; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PATTERN FORMATION; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; POLAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DIFFUSION; GRAVITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY;

EID: 19444372699     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2005.03.059     Document Type: Article

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